De-DEMOCRATIZATION

The title suggests that... Schools are democratic Schools are not democratic Schools should be democratic Schools should not be democratic Complete the following sentences according to paragraph 1. Schools serve several functions, but have only one purpose. They prepare students to life in society. Match the following according to paragraph 1. Purpose 1 Enculturate young people Purpose 2 Challenge us to examine our own society What makes education – paragraphs 2-3 – so essential to democracy? Dewey’s statements – paragraph 3 – would necessarily imply that Man’s biological nature is... not necessarily conducive to selfishness by definition altruistic not conducive to communal living invariably mutable What, according to the authors of A Nation at Risk – paragraph 5 – are the main failings of the educational system that prevailed in the early eighties? mediocrity unfriendly foreign power an act of war racism How did America react to the fact that the Soviet Union seemed to be winning – paragraphs 5-6 – the first round in the space race? Match according to paragraphs 6-7. The post-Sputnik era More money spent on education The 80s Less money spent on education Fill in the blanks according to paragraph 7. In order to have better results the government should raise standards, measure results, and hold people accountable for their performance. What is the big danger mentioned in paragraph 8? reductionist curricula for reading democratization de-democratization the silencing of professional dialogue and debate Complete the following sentence according to paragraph 8. Examples of de-democratization mentioed in paragraph 8 are the proliferation of reductionist curricula for reading, in the silencing of professional dialogue and debate, in the marginalizing of minority positions and people, in a muting of the voices in the texts our students are expected to read, and in a stern control over the “correct” interpretations of these already bland texts We can infer from paragraph 9 that the author is... bored disappointed happy angry Complete the following sentence. According to paragraph 10, the educational system should make some changes.